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Mt. Egypt was the moniker for Travis Graves, an American singer-songwriter from Virginia. In 2002, skateboarding friend Jason Dill connected Graves to the label Record Collection. [1] The following year, Mt. Egypt released his debut album, Battening the Hatches.

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In 2006, Mt. Egypt toured his second album, Perspectives (2005), with Band of Horses; he has also toured with The Flaming Lips and Willie Nelson. [2]

His final album III was released in 2009 in a limited print of 100 vinyl LPs, available in California record stores Amoeba Records and Aquarius Records (store), as well as other selected outlets.

Graves died 29th of August 2023. [3]

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  1. Biography, Allmusic.com
  2. Album Review, Upstate Beat, 13 June 2006. Accessed 30 September 2007.